't Hooft loops in N=4 super-Yang-Mills

TL;DR

This paper develops a perturbative framework for 't Hooft loops in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, enabling analysis of their correlators with Wilson loops and local operators, linking to localization, holography, and integrability.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perturbative approach for 't Hooft loops in N=4 SYM and applies it to compute correlators with other operators, bridging multiple theoretical frameworks.

Findings

Perturbative and non-perturbative results for 't Hooft loops

Connections established with localization, holography, and integrability

Framework facilitates analysis of correlators with Wilson loops and local operators

Abstract

We set up a perturbative framework for the 't Hooft line in the N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, and apply it to correlators thereof with Wilson loops and local operators. Using this formalism we obtain a number of perturbative and non-perturbative results that directly connect to localization, holography and integrability.